Name: Uppumavu(Rava-Sooji)
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 2 cups Semolina (Rava/Sooji); 1 no Onion (big); or; 5 nos Shallots (cut into small pieces, Kunjulli); 3 - Green chillies (cut into small pieces); 1" piece Ginger (cut into pieces); 1/2 cup Grated coconut; 2 tbsp Black gram (Uzhunnu); 2 nos Whole red chillies (Kollamulaku); 1/2 tbsp Mustard seeds; Curry leaves (A few); 4 cups Water; Salt (As reqd); 2 tbsp Oil

Uppumavu(Rava-Sooji)

Kerala style uppumavu

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Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

2 cups Semolina Rava/Sooji
1 no Onion big
or
5 nos Shallots cut into small pieces, Kunjulli
3 - Green chillies cut into small pieces
1" piece Ginger cut into pieces
1/2 cup Grated coconut
2 tbsp Black gram Uzhunnu
2 nos Whole red chillies Kollamulaku
1/2 tbsp Mustard seeds
Curry leaves A few
4 cups Water
Salt As reqd
2 tbsp Oil

Instructions

Preheat a frying pan and heat the rava till it becomes light brown and keep it aside.
Take a kadai or pan and heat oil.
Add mustard seeds, whole red chillies and curry leaves and allow it to splutter.
Add onion, green chillies, ginger, black gram and saute for 2 - 3 mins.
Add grated coconut and saute for a while.
Add 4 cups of water and the required salt and leave it to boil.
Add rava to the boiling water little by little, stirring continuously making sure that no lumps are formed.
Cook for another 3 - 4 mins in simmer.
Serve hot.